US4009638A - Ammunition container - Google Patents

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US4009638A
US4009638A US05/565,010 US56501075A US4009638A US 4009638 A US4009638 A US 4009638A US 56501075 A US56501075 A US 56501075A US 4009638 A US4009638 A US 4009638A
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Robert Ramseyer
Hanspeter Novet
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Rheinmetall Air Defence AG
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A9/00—Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges
    • F41A9/61—Magazines
    • F41A9/79—Magazines for belted ammunition

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  • the present invention relates to a new and improved construction of ammunition container having a compartment in which there is located a loop of a cartridge belt consisting of two adjacently arranged loop portions.
  • the compartments are formed by flat partition walls. If one such compartment is so intensively filled that the loop bears against the floor of the compartment and both of the loop portions contact one another in a zig-zag formation in the compartment, then there exists the danger that during the removal of the cartridge belt both loop portions will hook into one another, so that during the withdrawal of the cartridge belt out of the compartment during firing considerable forces are required which could lead to disturbances upon transport of the belt to the weapon.
  • Another object aims at a new and improved construction of ammunition container wherein the cartridge belt can be easily and positively removed from the container without any danger of tangling or fouling and without the need for exerting any excessive force.
  • Still another and more specific object of the invention resides in the provision of an ammunition container wherein the one loop portion cannot be located in a zig-zag formation in the compartment and both loop portions during removal cannot hook into one another, so that such removal is insured for in a positive manner without the need to exert large forces and without particular care having to be exercised during filling of the ammunition container to make sure that not too many cartridges are located in a compartment.
  • the inventive ammunition container of this development is manifested by the features that the compartment possesses a rack-like support and there are provided recesses or gaps at the support for taking-up or supporting a respective cartridge of one loop portion.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view through a portion of an ammunition container designed according to a first exemplary embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II--II of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view through an ammunition container designed according to a second embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IV--IV of FIG. 3.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 the exemplary embodiment of ammunition container 50 depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2 shows rods 2 secured at two side walls 1 of the ammunition container. These rods 2 are arranged essentially in parallelism with respect to one another and perpendicular to the side walls 1. The axes of each three respective rods 2 arranged in superimposed spaced relationship are located in a respective plane which is disposed perpendicular to the container floor 3. These planes possess the same spacing from one another. At three rods 2 located in one plane there are secured two carriers or supports 4 extending essentially parallel to the side walls 1 and a carrier or support 5.
  • Both of the rack-shaped supports 4 possess gaps or recesses 6.
  • the spacing of the gaps correspond to the spacing of the cartridges 7 in the belt schematically indicated by reference character 52.
  • the gaps 6 are essentially of semi-circular configuration and separated from one another by teeth 8. These teeth 8 are bounded towards the bottom by a circular-shaped rounded surface 9 which tangentially merges with the semi-circular shaped arcs of the gaps 6.
  • the radii of the gaps or recesses 6 are of the same magnitude at both supports 4.
  • the centers of all gaps or recesses 6 of each two respective associated supports 4 are located in a plane directed perpendicular to the container floor 3 and to the side walls 1 of the container 50.
  • the centers of two respective gaps 6 arranged at both supports 4 are located along a straight line parallel to the container floor 3.
  • the support 5 has an end surface 10, the spacing of which from the axes of the rods 2 is greater than the spacing of the arcs of the gaps 6 from such axes.
  • Each support 4 possesses an upwardly directed tooth 11 at which there is secured a sickle-shaped or curved guide arm 12 for the belt.
  • the teeth 11 together with the arm 12 form a semi-circular-shaped trough or channel 13.
  • Each two neighboring sets of three supports 4, 5 delimit a compartment 51 in which there is housed a loop, such as loop 53, of the cartridge belt 52.
  • At least two of the supports such as the supports 4 collectively form a partition wall or partition arrangement between two neighboring compartments 51, as best seen by referring to FIG. 1.
  • the cartridges 7 of the belt 52 are hingedly connected with one another in conventional manner by belt elements of standard construction and which therefore have been conveniently omitted from the drawing to preserve clarity in illustration.
  • the troughs or channels 13 form the support points for two cartridges 15, 16 which are arranged in two adjacently disposed compartments 51 of the container.
  • the sleeves 7a of the cartridges 7 are located in the gaps or recesses 6 of the supports 4 and the projectiles 17 of the cartridges 7 bear against both end surfaces 10 of support 5.
  • the cartridges 7 furthermore bear against the surfaces 18 of the supports 4.
  • the length of the loop 53 of such belt 52 which is to be filled into each of the compartments is determined by the number of gaps or recesses 6 in the supports 4, so that the compartments cannot be over-filled and therefore can be emptied free of any disturbance.
  • compartments 54 are delimited by two respective intermediate walls or partitions 19 directed perpendicular to the container wall 20.
  • a pair of carriers or supports 21, 22 is secured at one of the walls 19.
  • the supports 21, 22 possess gaps or recesses 23 which are arranged at a uniform spacing from one another.
  • the central axes of the gaps 23 together with the container floor 24 enclose acute angles.
  • the base of a gap or recess 23 possesses two substantially circular-shaped rounded portions 25, 26 which tangentially merge at a surface 27 directed perpendicular to the container floor 24. Furthermore, both of the rounded portions 25, 26 tangentially merge with the straight boundary surfaces 28, 29 which are parallel to one another.
  • the rounded portions 25, 26 of the gaps 23 of support 21 possess a smaller radius than that of support 22.
  • the gaps or recesses 23 in the support 22 have been shown in broken lines in FIG. 3.
  • the centers of the rounded portions 25, 26 of each two respective gaps or recesses 23 arranged at both supports 21, 22 are located along straight lines which are parallel to the container floor 24 and the wall 20.
  • the spacing of the boundary surfaces 28, 29 of the gaps 23 is greater than the diameter of the cartridges 7 which are stacked in the container 50.
  • flap members 30 Connected with the upper portion of the intermediate walls 19 are flap members 30 of the type taught in Swiss Pat. No. 476,972 (U.S. Pat. No. 3,461,774), the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • the necks 31 and the rear portions 31a of the sleeves 7a of the cartridges 7 interconnected by the belt elements 14 of a part 32 of the belt loop located in the compartment 54 are mounted in a pair of gaps 23 at the two supports 21, 22.
  • the other part 33 of the belt loop is freely suspended or hanging in the compartment.
  • the belt portions 32, 33 are guided over the flap members 30 which thus serves as support points for the cartridges 7 which are not supported by the supports 21, 22.
  • the number of gaps or recesses essentially determines the number of cartridges 7 which can be housed or accommodated in a compartment.
  • the entire belt portion 33 is moved in the direction of the arrow F (FIG. 4), so that by means of the belt portion 32 one cartridge 7 after the other is pulled out of the gaps or recesses 23 of the supports 21, 22.
  • the inclined upwardly directed surfaces 28 the cartridges 7 are held back in the gaps 23 until they are pulled-out. In this way there is prevented that the cartridges 7 already before or during the withdrawal out of the gaps or recesses 23, are moved and come into contact with the belt portion 33.

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EP2146174A1 (en) 2008-07-18 2010-01-20 Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS Ammunition retainer apparatus for an ammunition box or magazine for linked ammunition
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US8863633B2 (en) 2011-06-15 2014-10-21 Dillon Aero Inc. Jam resistant ammunition magazine
US9885543B2 (en) 2015-10-01 2018-02-06 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Mechanically-adaptive, armor link/linkage (MAAL)
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US7546794B1 (en) 2006-09-14 2009-06-16 Recon/Optical, Inc. Adjustable multi-caliber, multi-feed ammunition container
EP2146174A1 (en) 2008-07-18 2010-01-20 Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS Ammunition retainer apparatus for an ammunition box or magazine for linked ammunition
US20100011946A1 (en) * 2008-07-18 2010-01-21 Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace As Ammunition retainer apparatus for an ammunition box or magazine for linked ammunition
US7913610B2 (en) 2008-07-18 2011-03-29 Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace Ammunition retainer for linked ammunition
US8863633B2 (en) 2011-06-15 2014-10-21 Dillon Aero Inc. Jam resistant ammunition magazine
US9885543B2 (en) 2015-10-01 2018-02-06 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Mechanically-adaptive, armor link/linkage (MAAL)
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CN110595262A (zh) * 2019-09-24 2019-12-20 西安昆仑工业（集团）有限责任公司 一种卧式机枪弹箱

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